Ex-Wrestler In Sex Trafficking Trial

It's not a glitzy costume, but an orange jail jumpsuit a former professional wrestler is wearing while acting as his own attorney.

Hardbody Harrison Norris is defending himself in his federal sex trafficking and prostitution trial.

Prosecutors claim the former WCW wrestler was the pimp, forcing women into prostitution. And inside the courtroom, a clothing rack of evidence which contained lingerie and leather clothing.

One by one, young women took the stand. They told tales of forced sex, and how they were intimidated into engaging in prostitution with male customers at various Metro Atlanta clubs. The testimonies were consistent -- pointing to former WCW wrestler Hardbody Harrison as the mastermind.

The victims said he made all the decisions -- from what they wore to what they saw, and if they could even speak.

Federal prosecutors allege he and two associates would recruit troubled women, many times offering to train them as wrestlers.

His next move? Forcing them into a sex ring, and keeping them against their will at his two Cartersville homes. They also had house chores, and were never left alone.

It didn't go unnoticed by his neighbors.

"It was the element we saw coming in -- it was all women, very scantily clad, anytime you would see him," said former neighbor Kim Caves.

On Thursday, one of the victims, known as Tam-Tam, testified she escaped through a bathroom window, ran two miles and called police.

FBI agents and Bartow County Sheriff's investigators raided Norris' two Cartersville homes in 2005. They removed boxes of evidence, a computer and his SUV -- all part of the sex trafficking case now being heard by a federal judge and jury.

Norris claimed he was simply helping the women get off the streets. Testimony continues on Friday. The trial is expected to last several more days.